The Hostage

A Halloween Psychological Thriller

By: Samyra Alexander

Narrated by: J.R. Mason

Some stories get under your skin… and stay there.

Brandy and Zane are out of options. With Halloween approaching and no place to call home, they take over the house of Brandy’s agoraphobic client — a woman too fearful to leave and too isolated to resist. It’s only temporary, they tell themselves. Just long enough to save up and start fresh — for themselves and their children.

To pass the time, the woman begins reading them pages from a novel she’s been writing — unsettling, violent, and impossible to forget. Brandy tries not to think too hard about it. But some stories linger longer than expected.

Author's Note: The audiobook of The Hostage was recorded from the first edition. Since then, the ebook and paperback have been lightly revised for clarity, smoothness, and consistency. Immersive readers may notice small differences between the formats, but the story itself remains unchanged.

©2024 Samyra Alexander (P)2025 Samyra Alexander

Karma at it's finest

I enjoyed listening to the audiobook. It has a great narrator. I loved the storyline and enjoyed the dark ending. They played with the right one and it costed them dearly.

WOW

I read this book back in November 2024. I enjoyed the Kindle version, but I just finished the audio version, which just turned the book up a notch. It has a crazy plot twist, and the events in this story are wild. I highly recommend the audio version because it was all that. And yes, I CANNOT FORGET THE ENDING. I laughed so hard.
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Samyra Alexander 🥰
J.R. Mason 😍

Can this be a movie?

I was thoroughly entertained! I love stories told through characters’ perspectives. Every main character was…a treat. 😆 Narrator’s commentary at the end had me cackling. This would be a great Jordan Peele movie.

She's Done it again!

Anytime Samyra Alexander and J.R. Mason collaborate on an audiobook, I know it’s going to be good! “Every member in their family is crazy,” one character said about an unhinged clan that was wreaking havoc on the city’s citizens. Yeah, but who was their creator? I love reading about the wacky characters Samyra Alexander comes up with because she's so good at it.

This book was great! If you love thrillers and crime fiction with a dose of humor, anything by this author will hit the spot just right. Oh yeah…and there are several twists at the end, one I didn’t see coming at all. J.R. Mason is such a great thriller narrator. Love her voice, enthusiasm and all the sound effects.

Dark & Unpredictable

This suspenseful Halloween tale that might have you peeking around your own home to be sure no one’s hiding in the shadows. Childhood friends Brandy and Zane have a knack for making terrible choices, and when they’re on the brink of homelessness, they decide to forcibly settle into the house of a seemingly isolated agoraphobic. From there, everything escalates in unexpected and chilling ways.

Audiobook Commentary:
Narrated by J.R. Mason, the audiobook pulls you deep into the characters’ unsettling minds, whether you want to be there or not. A story-within-a-story unfolds alongside the main plot, and when the connection between the two is finally revealed, the twist is genuinely shocking.

✨ If you’re looking for a dark, unpredictable thriller that keeps you guessing (and maybe horrified) right through the final moments, The Hostage should be on your reading list.